美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú

almost perfect but with a small flaw

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 33567th word

Definitions

  1. 1. everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

Characters

Character Meaning
美 měi HSK 4
beautiful; USA; abbr. for 美国měi guó
中 zhōng HSK 1
in; within; middle
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
足 zú HSK 2
to be sufficient; foot; ample